Improvement in combined turkish and vapor baths



H. s. FIRMAN. Combined Turkish and Vapr Baths.

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UNrrED STATES y'Prrrrnvr OFFICE.

HENRY S. FIRMAN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED TURKISH AND VPR BATHS.

Spcciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,412. dated March 2,1875 5 application filed June 3, 1874.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. FIRMAN, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and use-- fulPortable Improved Turkish Bath and Vapor-Bath Combined; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description of the saine,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

This invention is a portable bathing apparatus adapted for either hotair or vapor, or both; and it consists mainly in a special arrangementof pipes, cocks, and other appliances, by means of which the bather isenabled to use the apparatus without the services of an attendant, aswill be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved bath;Fig. 2, a central sectional elevation; Fig. 3, a side elevation; Fig. 4,a partial perspective view, showing the doors closed; Fig. 5, a planview of the perforated diaphragm; and Fig. 6, a top plan view, with aportion of the top broken away to show the arrangement of the pipeswithin.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe fully its construction and manner of operation.

A represents the inclosin g case or box, coni structed of any suitablesize and form, and of any proper material, but preferably made of zincor sheet-iron, in about the form shown in the drawing. It is providedwith a suitable bottom, of the same material, which may be either xed orremovable, as desired. a a represent doors, suitably hinged to the sidesof a proper opening in the front of the case, as shown, the edge of oneof which overlaps the other, as indicated in Fig. 4. al represents acover, suitably hinged, also, to one side of a proper opening in the topof the case, which is provided with a flange, a2, adapted, when shutdown, to hold tightly closed the doors in front, as shown in Fig. 4. Oneside of this cover is so constructed as to form, in connection with thetop plate of the case, a suitable opening for the neck of the bather, asshown. An arm-hole is also suitably located in the top plate in properrelation to the neck-opening and the top cover, and is provided with ahinged cover, a3, Fig. 2, adapted to be opened from the inside, asshown. a4 represents one window, suitably located in the top plate inproper relation to the neck-opening, and a5, Fig. 3, another window,placed in the rear side of the case. a represents an exhaust-pipe,projecting through the top plate, and provided With a cock above andbelow. a7 represents a thermometer, the bulb of which is held Within thechamber, and the scale of which is conveniently exposed to the view ofbather, as shown. a represents the head-rest, pivoted to the top plateand made adjustable by means of the arm a9 and the set-screw al, asshown. b b represent pipes, each communicating upon the outside withsuitable generators, one of which is adapted for hot air and the otherfor vapor, and terminating at proper points upon the inside, the samebeing provided with regulatingcocks upon the inside and outside of thecase, as shown in Fig. 6, the cocks within being located withinconvenient reach of the bather. c represents a cold-air opening,provided with a suitable damper and valve, the handle of which projectswithin convenient reach of the bather, as shown. D represents a seat,suitably located within the case and made adjustable by means of thethreaded standard, as shown, to accommodate the apparatus to persons ofdifferent heights. E, Fig. 2, represents an apparatus for generatingheat or vapor, which is adapted to receive gas through the pipe e,provided with the regulating-cocks el e2 within and without the case, asshown. F

represents a diaphragm, interposed between' the person of the bather andthe places where the heat or vapor is generated or discharged into thechamber, which is provided with a series of perforations, as shown inFig. 5, to insure the equable distribution of heat throughout the bath.

' The operation is as follows: The apparatus having been properlyprepared the bather places himself within it and closes the doors andthe top cover. lf the vapor or hot air is admitted from without theproper cocks are turned and regulated to obtain the temperature desired.

An inside view of the bath can at all times be had by means of thewindows, and the temperature therein ascertained by means of thethermometer.

By means of the cold-air pipe or entrance, the exhaust-pipe, and theheating-pipes, the precise temperature desired can be readily obtained.By means of the arm-hole the bather is enabled to personally adjust orrewet the cold compress Worn on the head during the bath, or to use thearm for other purposes. If the heat or vapor is generated Within thebath the amount of flame may be regulated by turning the proper cock.

1f desired, a spirit-lamp may be substituted for the gas apparatusshown.

For convenience of transportation, the case may be made in sections, ifdesired.

Some of the advantages of the described construction are as follows: Itis simple in construction, and can be manufactured for a price that willplace it Within the reach of persons of moderate means. It is adaptedfor either hot air or vapor, or both combined, and can be used withoutthe services of an attendant.

2. The arm-hole, relatively arranged as de-V scribed, and provided withthe hinged cover, adapted to be operated from the inside, as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 29th day of May, 1874.

HENRY S. FIR-MAN.

Witnesses:

S. B. GooDALE, Guns. LEFLER.

